Sunday, May 5, 2013

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Everyone knows someone with cancer or that has died from cancer. It's
time for some new awareness...knowledge and real honesty about cancer,
cancer treatment and recovery. This is not about treating the symptoms,
which is the medical approach. This is about natural treatment that
treats the disease. I'm a cancer survivor using the natural approach.
Please pass this blog on. Thank You & God Bless.

Your Solution For Disease FREE Health.

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Food Loss and Waste is a Global Problem

Curbing food loss and waste is something that should be a priority on
both global food system and individual (consumption and behavioral) levels.
As the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
reported:3

"In developing countries the problem is chiefly one of inadequate
harvest techniques, poor post-harvest management and logistics, lack of
suitable infrastructure, processing and packaging, and lack of marketing
information which would allow production to better match demand. The advice
is therefore to strengthen the food supply chain by assisting small farmers
to link directly to buyers. The private and public sectors should also invest
more in infrastructure, transportation and in processing and packaging.

In middle- and high-income countries food losses and waste stem
largely from consumer behavior but also from lack of communication between
different actors in the supply chain.

At retail level, large quantities of food are also wasted due to
quality standards that over-emphasize appearance. Surveys show that consumers
are willing to buy produce not meeting appearance standards as long as it is
safe and tastes good. Customers thus have the power to influence quality
standards and should do so, the report said.

Selling farm produce closer to consumers, without having to conform
to supermarkets' quality standards, is another suggestion. This could be
achieved through farmers' markets and farm shops. Good use for food that
would otherwise be thrown away should be found. Commercial and charity
organizations could work with retailers to collect, and then sell or use
products that have been disposed of but are still good in terms of safety,
taste and nutritional value."

Planning Your Meals Can Cut Down on Food Waste in Your Home
The FAO report found that people in rich countries generally buy more
food than they need, then end up throwing away the excess. They noted that
"generally speaking, consumers fail to plan their food purchases properly …
that means they often throw food away when 'best-before' dates expired." I've
long stated that planning your meals is important for a number of reasons,
one of which is reducing the amount of food that will go to waste, since
you'll only buy what you need each time you visit the store, and you’ll have
a plan in place to use it all up once you get home.

I also recommend buying your food locally, preferably from a small
organic farming operation you can visit and inspect for yourself. This
guarantees that you get the freshest foods right from the start, giving you a
few extra days of leeway before they spoil.

Finally, for the packaged foods you do buy, they are often good beyond
their expiration date. Unbeknownst to many, “best by” dates on many food
packages are typically a measure of peak quality, not an indication of food
safety. Typically, it is still safe to eat a food after the “best by” or
“best before” date (the exception is infant formula, which has safety-based
“use by” dates).

About Me

Hi Folks, My name is Larry Nelson. I'm 67 years old, I live in central
Texas and I'm enjoying my retirement.
In May of 2007 I was diagnosed with cancer in my prostate. I wasn't
real surprised because my mother died from the 3rd battle with cancer.
I was told that, on a scale of 1 to 9, I was rated 7. They said that I
had a very short time to live unless I have my prostate removed and
follow up with Kemo-Therapy.
I tried to explain to the uroligist that I had been studying cancer
treatment on the internet and that I had decidedto go the alterative
route. I had to repeat myself 3 times to get the doctor to acknowledge
my comment. He told me that it wouldn't work.
It is now February of 2012, I don't have cancer problems that I know of.
I have lost friends to the medical treatment of cancer and I had decided
that I wasn't going to go through the HELL that they did before they died.
What I want to accomplish with this blog is...I want to let as many people
know as I can that there is a much better way to deal with cancer. There
is many people like me that have beat cancer with the alternative approach
to beating cancer.